Education
MDFA launches diabetic eye disease CPD course for optometrists
Macular Disease Foundation Australia (MDFA) has released a new CPD course for optometrists on diabetic eye disease. Available now through ...
RMIT folds optical dispensing course
RMIT University has announced the closure of its Certificate IV in Optical Dispensing, ending a 52-year history of educating and ...
Gift card give away for eyecare professionals
Transitions Optical is giving away 200 VISA gift cards valued at $50 each to eyecare professionals that register and complete ...
Optometry student spearheads efforts to attract Indigenous Australians into university education
A Deakin optometry student who pursued a career in healthcare after seeing her family’s health deteriorate to diabetes and eye ...
First Optometry Virtually Connected event launches Friday
Optometry Australia (OA) is counting down to its inaugural Optometry Virtually Connected event this week when optometrists will have the ...
Bringing dispensing out of the Twilight Zone
Is it me or does it feel like ophthalmic dispensing in Australia has been in a ‘Twilight Zone’ for the ...
Poor vision as detrimental to learning as poverty
New research from the World Bank and international charity organisation EYElliance has found that an unaddressed vision problem can be ...
Australian College of Optometry extends clinic network
The Australian College of Optometry (ACO) has established a public health optometry clinic in a new state responding to unmet ...